EUR / USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.1472 (2257)

$1.1436 (4753)

$1.1383 (2537)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.1349

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.1305 (2745)

$1.1258 (2940)

$1.1224 (4579)


Comments:

– Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date May, 6 is 37878 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1400 (4753);

– Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date May, 6 is 58452 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1000 (10060);

– The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.54 versus 1.55 from the previous trading day according to data from April, 27


GBP/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.4802 (975)

$1.4704 (1116)

$1.4607 (1444)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.4568

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.4492 (595)

$1.4396 (1362)

$1.4298 (826)


Comments:

– Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date May, 6 is 25076 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,4400 (2194);

– Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date May, 6 is 32826 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3850 (4025);

– The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.31 versus 1.30 from the previous trading day according to data from April, 27


* – The Chicago Mercantile Exchange bulletin (CME) is used for the calculation.

** – Open interest takes into account the total number of option contracts that are open at the moment.

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